Why, at age 90, historian Richard Bushman frames art as ‘essential’ to the Latter-day Saint story
He points to the Salt Lake Temple as the “greatest work of art ever produced by Mormon hands.”
(Rebecca Reed) Historian Richard Bushman blows out the candles on his 90th birthday cake during a celebration at a Salt Lake City hotel Sept. 25, 2021.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.